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<p>The Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association Ice Hawks Tier II Girls 14U team advanced to the semifinals of the USA Hockey National Championships in Lansing, Michigan, before losing Sunday.</p>
<p>The Ice Hawks started the day with a big 2-1 upset of the Troy (Michigan) Sting in the quarterfinals, then lost to the Amherst (New York) Knights 6-1 later in the day in the semifinals.</p>
<p>That means the KPHA squad ends the season as one of the top four Tier II Girls 14U teams in the country, and as the only KPHA team to ever win a Pacific District tournament.</p>
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<p>The name of the game is pushing yourself to the peak of your abilities, and a collection of student athletes from Kenai Central, Soldotna and Nikiski high schools succeeded greatly in doing that Thursday at Soldotna.</p>
<p>The Speed and Strength Training (SST) competition, held for a fourth consecutive year, is a curriculum instituted for the three schools that promotes fitness, strength and general well-being. It also pushes athletes to their max.</p><p><a href="http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-28/sst-event-sees-records-fall" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-28/sst-event-sees-records-fall#commentsSportsJoey KleckaAlexis BakerAthleteAustin SchraderChristian RiddallCipriana CastellanocoachColumbusFinlandHuman behaviorJace BakerJeff BakerKenaiLara CreightonNikiski High SchoolOhioPerson CareerPerson LocationPerson TravelPersonal lifePowerliftingQuotationRecreationSnatchSoldotna, AlaskaSquatTravis CooperSun, 29 Mar 2015 07:00:01 +0000Joey Klecka27435 at http://peninsulaclarion.comBrown Bears end season by getting swept in Fairbankshttp://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-28/brown-bears-take-on-ice-dogs
<p>The Kenai River Brown Bears ended their season by getting swept in Fairbanks on Friday and Saturday.</p>
<p>The Bears lost 7-2 on Friday and 5-4 on Saturday, with both games coming in front of sellout crowds of 2,242 fans at the Big Dipper Ice Arena.</p>
<p>The wins helped the Ice Dogs, the defending Robertson Cup champions, secure home-ice advantage throughout the divisional round of the playoffs. Fairbanks (40-16-4) moves two points ahead of the Minnesota Wilderness in the battle for the top spot in the North American Hockey League Midwest Division.</p><p><a href="http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-28/brown-bears-take-on-ice-dogs" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-28/brown-bears-take-on-ice-dogs#commentsSportsStaff ReportAdam AndersonAdam KreslAlaskaAlaskaAlec DerksAlex JackstadtBig Dipper Ice ArenaBig Dipper Ice ArenaCameron CookChandler MadrycoachColton FletcherEvan HauserFairbanks, AlaskaGeoff BeauparlantGeography of AlaskaGeography of the United StatesgoalieGustav BerglundHans Gorowskyhead coachhetzJack GessertJacob HetzJakob StridsbergJesper OhrvallJoey KaszupskiKenaiKenai River Brown BearsKevin AldridgeMatt RudinMaurin BouvetMinnesotaNick KlishkoNorth American Hockey LeaguePerson CareerQuotationTyler AndrewsTyler TomberlinUniversity of AlaskaUniversity of AlaskaWest DivisionZack ZulkanyczSun, 29 Mar 2015 06:59:32 +0000Staff Report27434 at http://peninsulaclarion.comKPHA squad wins, advances from pool play to quarterfinalshttp://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-28/kpha-squad-wins-advances-from-pool-play-to-quarterfinals
<p>The Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association Ice Hawks Tier II Girls 14U team advanced to the next round of the USA Hockey National Championships in Lansing, Michigan, with a win Saturday.</p>
<p>KPHA topped the New Jersey Colonials 2-0. That left the Ice Hawks at 1-1-1 in the pool play portion of the tournament, putting them last of the three teams in Pool A. However, KPHA finished pool play with more points than two of the three teams in Pool B, moving the Ice Hawks to the bracketed portion of the tournament.</p><p><a href="http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-28/kpha-squad-wins-advances-from-pool-play-to-quarterfinals" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-28/kpha-squad-wins-advances-from-pool-play-to-quarterfinals#commentsSportsStaff ReportSun, 29 Mar 2015 02:24:40 +0000Staff Report27423 at http://peninsulaclarion.comKPHA squad loses to Illinois in overtimehttp://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-27/kpha-squad-loses-to-illinois-in-overtime
<p>The Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association Ice Hawks Tier II Girls 14U team dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to the Illinois Nationals on Friday at the USA Hockey National Championships in Lansing, Michigan.<br />With a Saturday game against the New Jersey Colonials remaining in pool play, KPHA is in third in its pool. The Florida Lady Vipers are on top at 2-0-0, while the Cape Cod Storm of Massachusetts is 1-0-1, good for four points.</p><p><a href="http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-27/kpha-squad-loses-to-illinois-in-overtime" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-27/kpha-squad-loses-to-illinois-in-overtime#commentsSportsStaff ReportFloridaIllinoisLansingMassachusettsMichiganNew JerseyOvertimeSat, 28 Mar 2015 07:53:13 +0000Staff Report27415 at http://peninsulaclarion.comIce Dogs topple Brown Bears in Fairbankshttp://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-27/ice-dogs-topple-brown-bears-in-fairbanks
<p>The Fairbanks Ice Dogs defeated the Kenai River Brown Bears 7-2 on Friday in Fairbanks to take the lead in the battle for home-ice advantage in the divisional playoffs.<br />The Ice Dogs improved to 39-16-4 and have 82 points, two ahead of the second-place Minnesota Wilderness in the North American Hockey League Midwest Division.<br />The Ice Dogs have one game left — Saturday at 7:30 p.m. against the Bears — while the Wilderness have two games left.</p><p><a href="http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-27/ice-dogs-topple-brown-bears-in-fairbanks" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-27/ice-dogs-topple-brown-bears-in-fairbanks#commentsSportsJeff HelminiakAdam AndersonAdam WilcoxAlaskaAlec DerksBig Dipper Ice ArenaBig Dipper Ice ArenaCameron CookChandler MadryenergyEvan HauserFairbanks, AlaskaGeoff BeauparlantGeography of AlaskaGeography of the United StatesgoalieHans Gorowskyhead coachhetzJack GessertJacob HetzJesper OhrvallJoey KaszupskiKenai RiverKenai, AlaskaKevin AldridgeMatt RudinMinnesotaNick KlishkoNorth American Hockey LeagueOdessaPerson CareerQuotationTexasTyler TomberlinWest DivisionSat, 28 Mar 2015 07:21:31 +0000Jeff Helminiak27414 at http://peninsulaclarion.comOilers Corner: Squad signs 3 from Cal State, Bakersfieldhttp://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-26/oilers-corner-squad-signs-3-from-cal-state-bakersfield
<p>The Oilers Board of Directors, staff and head coach Kevin Griffin are busy preparing for the 2015 Alaska Baseball League Season. On June 11, the Oilers open in a nonleague tuneup game against the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks. On June 12, the ABL season starts with a three-game series against the always tough team from Fairbanks.</p>
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<p>The Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association Tier II Girls 14U team lost its opening game Thursday at the USA Hockey National Championships in Lansing, Michigan.</p>
<p>The Ice Hawks fell to the Gilmour Sabres of Ohio 4-3.</p>
<p>KPHA fell into a big hole early in the game but came back to make it close. Annmarie Fitzgerald scored twice in the first period for a 2-0 game after one. Then Eliza Heller of Gilmour had the first goal of the second period. But KPHA’s Anna Shelden, assisted by Kayla Norbeck, scored before the end of the second for a 3-1 game.</p>
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<p>SST competition slated for today</p>
<p>The strongest, fastest and most agile high school athletes will be put to the test today at 6 p.m. at Soldotna High School when the Speed and Strength Training competition kicks off for a fourth year in a row.</p>
<p>SST is a biannual event, with two separate competitions being contested in a single academic year. last October, students from Kenai Central, Soldotna and Nikiski all competed at Kenai in events ranging from the 40-yard dash to a straight vertical jump event.</p>
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<p>As if it needed the boost of competition, the famed Mount Marathon race, held every year on July 4 in Seward, will be receiving another dose of intensity in 2015.</p>
<p>Spaniard Kilian Jornet, one of the world’s premier mountain runners, broke the news that he is planning to participate in this year’s mens race on his online blog on a post detailing his 2015 schedule.</p><p><a href="http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-24/world-class-runner-entered-in-2015-mount-marathon" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-24/world-class-runner-entered-in-2015-mount-marathon#commentsSportsAthleticsCandidate PositionEuropeEverestGeography of AlaskaIndependence DayKílian Jornet BurgadaMarathonMount Marathon RacePerson CareerPerson LocationpremierRoad runningrunnerSabadellSeward, AlaskaSpainSportsUnited StatesWed, 25 Mar 2015 07:04:50 +0000Staff27370 at http://peninsulaclarion.comNikiski girls top ACS for 4th placehttp://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-21/nikiski-girls-top-acs-for-4th-place
<p>A happy end after an unhappy start of the Class 3A state basketball tournament left the Nikiski girls with fourth-place honors for the season-ending weekend.</p>
<p>The Bulldogs finished with a 37-33 win over conference foe Anchorage Christian Schools on Saturday morning at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex in Anchorage, giving a good send-off to seniors Rachel Thompson and Chena Litzen.</p>
<p>“I feel very happy, accomplished, because no one thought we could do anything this year,” Thompson said after the game. “We played hard the whole tournament, and I’m so happy and proud of our team.</p>
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<p>With their tournament, season and high school career on the line, Nikiski seniors Chena Litzen and Rachel Thompson both had to come up with something to play one more game at the Class 3A state basketball tournament.</p>
<p>Friday afternoon at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Litzen and Thompson combined to score more points than the entire Bethel girls team in a 37-22 consolation win, each netting 13 to give the Bulldogs a spot in the fourth-place game.</p>
<p>“Since this was our last game, we didn’t want to have any regrets about it,” Litzen said after the game.</p>
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<p>The Kenai River Brown Bears defeated the Fairbanks Ice Dogs 3-2 on Saturday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex to earn a split in the weekend series.</p>
<p>The Ice Dogs had taken the Friday opener 4-2.</p>
<p>Saturday was the last home game for Bears players Gustav Berglund, Tyler Andrews, Alex Jackstadt, Joseph Kaszupski, Zack Zulkanycz and Evan Hauser.</p>
<p>“It came down to guys laying it on the line,” Kenai River head coach Geoff Beauparlant said. “They weren’t going to be denied. It had nothing to do with systems. We just wanted it more than they did.</p><p><a href="http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-21/brown-bears-take-on-ice-dogs" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-21/brown-bears-take-on-ice-dogs#commentsSportsJeff HelminiakSun, 22 Mar 2015 06:59:16 +0000Jeff Helminiak27313 at http://peninsulaclarion.comNikiski girls end season with a winhttp://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-21/nikiski-girls-end-season-with-a-win
<p>A happy end after an unhappy start of the Class 3A state basketball tournament left the Nikiski girls with fourth place honors for the season-ending weekend.</p>
<p>The Bulldogs finished their year with a 37-33 win over conference foe ACS in the tournament fourth-place game, Saturday morning at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex in Anchorage, giving a good sendoff to seniors Rachel Thompson and Chena Litzen.</p><p><a href="http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-21/nikiski-girls-end-season-with-a-win" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-21/nikiski-girls-end-season-with-a-win#commentsSportsJoey KleckaACSAnchorageAnglo-Chinese SchoolAvery KornstadCaroline BowdenChena LitzencoachFlora TebbitsHallie RiddallNikiski, AlaskaNovenaPerson CareerQuotationRachel ThompsonRaven ThibodeauxScott AndersonUN CourtWells FargoWells Fargo Sports ComplexSat, 21 Mar 2015 23:06:40 +0000Joey Klecka27305 at http://peninsulaclarion.comIce Dogs beat Bears, keep pace in home-ice racehttp://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-21/ice-dogs-beat-bears-keep-pace-in-home-ice-race
<p>The Fairbanks Ice Dogs kept pace in the race for home-ice advantage throughout the divisional playoffs with a 4-2 victory over the Kenai River Brown Bears on Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.<br />Fairbanks improved to 38-15-4, plus 12-1 against Kenai River, and is tied with the Minnesota Wilderness atop the North American Hockey League Midwest Division with 80 points. The Ice Dogs have three games left, while the Wilderness have four.<br />The Brown Bears dropped to 15-40-2 and into the bottom of the league standings.</p><p><a href="http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-21/ice-dogs-beat-bears-keep-pace-in-home-ice-race" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://peninsulaclarion.com/sports/2015-03-21/ice-dogs-beat-bears-keep-pace-in-home-ice-race#commentsSportsJEFF HELMINAKAlaskaAlex JackstadtCandidate PositionChandler MadrycoachColton FletcherEthan SomozaEvan HauserFairbanks, AlaskaGeoff BeauparlantGeography of AlaskaGeography of the United Statesgoaliehead coachhetzJacob HetzJosef IngmanKenaiKenai PeninsulaKenai RiverKenai, AlaskaMatt RudinMinnesotaNick KlishkoNorth American Hockey LeaguePatrick MunsonPerson CareerQuotationSam CarlsonSoldotna Regional Sports ComplexSoldotna, AlaskaTodd BurgessTrevor StewartWest DivisionSat, 21 Mar 2015 08:51:21 +0000JEFF HELMINAK27304 at http://peninsulaclarion.com